RODERICK SWEETINGHAM, 31, of Wroxton, near Banbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving a grey Range Rover Vogue on Ruscote Avenue, Banbury, in February. Tests showed he was more than three times the drink driving limit, blowing 128mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcgs. He was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for a year and must do 100 hours of unpaid work. The bench ordered he pay £239 in costs and surcharge and he was banned from driving for 40 months.
CHANTELLE AUSTIN, 32, of Hart Place, Bicester, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £335 in compensation after she admitted three counts of shoplifting alcohol, coffee and perfume from Sainsbury’s in Pioneer Square, Bicester.
RYAN KANE, 38, of Saxton Road, Abingdon, pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a police sergeant in Oxford last September that was likely to leave him fearing that unlawful violence would be used against him. He also admitted two counts of failing to attend court. The magistrates jailed him for nine weeks, noting that the offences were committed while Kane was subject to a suspended sentence and the victim of the public order matter was an ‘emergency worker who was doing their job’.
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CAMERON SELKIRK, 26, of Robsart Place, Cumnor, pleaded guilty to driving a Citroen C2 on St Clements Street last October while over the drug-drive limit for cannabis. He was fined £457, banned from the roads for a year and must pay £280 in costs and surcharge.
GINTE MIKUTA, 20, of Whittington Crescent, Wantage, admitted drug driving a Ford Fiesta in Lenthall Road, Oxford, on September 14 last year. Tests showed Mikuta was three-and-a-half times the legal limit for cannabis. The magistrates imposed a £314 fine, 12 month driving ban and ordered the payment of £211 in costs and surcharge.
JACEK KONIOR, 50, of Middleton Road, Banbury, admitted possession of a samurai sword in his home. The sword, which was found in his flat in January this year, is classed as an offensive weapon according to new laws that came into force last year. He also admitted a charge of failing to surrender to the court in February. The magistrates gave him a three month conditional discharge and ordered that he pay a £26 victim surcharge. The sword was forfeit.
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DANIEL HOLLIDAY, 32, of Randolph Avenue, Woodstock, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police constable last August and failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis, having been arrested on suspicion that he had committed a driving offence. For the assault, he was fined £120 and must pay £50 in compensation. Failing to provide the specimen earned him a three-year driving ban and a further £120 fine.
DAMIAN NAKONIECZNY, 29, of Grimsbury Square, Banbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving a Ford Focus in Middleton Road, Banbury, in February. Tests showed he was more than three times the legal limit, blowing 111mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. He was fined £615, banned from driving for 28 months and must pay £85 in costs and a £246 victim surcharge.
JORDAN TANNER, 24, of Brunswick Place, Banbury, admitted assaulting a police constable in Banbury High Street in February. Tanner was fined £120, must pay £25 in compensation and was ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge. The victim surcharge goes towards funding services that support victims of crime.
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JASPAL SANGHA, 53, of Abingdon Road, Standlake, was found guilty of failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis, having been required to do so under the Road Traffic Act. Sangha was fined £1,153 and disqualified from driving for two years, albeit the ban was suspended pending an appeal of the case to the crown court. He was ordered to pay £775 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a £461 victim surcharge.
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